[Intro] F#m//E A/// Bm/// F#m///
[Verse 1]
   F#m
My mother came to Hazrard when I was just seven
F#m                                   A
Even then the folks in town said with prejudised eyes
     B
That boy's not right
F#m
Treee years ago when I came to know Mary
                                        A
First time that someone look beyond the rumours and the lies
            B
And saw the man inside
[Chorus]
   D                        A
We used to walk down by the river
    D                         F#m
She loves to watch the sun go down
   D                      A     F#m
We used to walk along the ri.... ver
    E         D                       F#m
And dream our way out of this town
[Interlude]     F#m//E A/// Bm/// F#m///
F#m
No one understood what I felt for Mary
                                          A
No one cared until the night she went out walking all alone
     B
And never came home
F#m
Man with the badge came knocking next morning
                                    A
Here was I surrounded by a thousand fingers suddenly
         B
Pointing right at me
[Chorus]
  D                       A
I swear I left her by the river
  D                         F#m
I swear I left her safe and sound
  D                      A     F#m
I need to make it to the ri.... ver
     E          D          F#m
And leave this old Nebraska town
[Bridge]
E
Thinkng about my life going by
D                A
How it's done me wrong
E
There's no escape for me this time
D                    A    E        F#m
All of my rescue are gone,      long gone
[Guitar Break]
  D                       A
I swear I left her by the river
  D                         F#m
I swear I left her safe and sound
  D                      A     F#m
I need to make it to the ri.... ver
     E          D          F#m
And leave this old Nebraska town